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Love Fluenz but the app is useless
I “installed” the lessons but it will not play them at all on either ipad or iphone. Even if I tap “online” it acts like it’s about to do something but goes back to previous screen every time. I was really hoping to use this while traveling but no such luck.TJones752
Are you ever going to update this? 8 months is a lifetime
To go without any updates ?FloridaFashions
App freezes repeatedly
Second time I have had to install, uninstall, reinstall, and reload all the chapters (which takes about 6 hours). Zero help from customer service other than stating check your phone. I have an iPhone 7 Plus that is up to date with all current updates. The program when working is great, but this cost too much money for this many errors.
Update: 6 months later decided to try again. I have installed, in-installed and repeated this cycle now ten times. THIS APP IS AWFUL! sound goes out, freezes frame, etc. this is a very very very expensive program. Why is the app so bad and customer support so apathetic. I love the content. WOULD HIGHLY DISCOURAGE FROM PURCHASING unless you are solely going to use on a computer.Show lessddjoness
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback. We sincerely apologize for the issue and have recently released an update to Fluenz. Please go to the main menu in the Fluenz App and then go to "My Downloads" and click the X to delete the session that won't play. You can then return to the main menu and re-download that lesson again. That should resolve the issue. If it persists, we recommend reinstalling the App again. Cheers, Fluenz User Support TeamWaste of money
After many struggles I gave up, as I could not get the Chinese app to work. Very poor customer service and even worse app. Try Rocket or DuoLingo. They are cheaper and actually function properly.PatentAtty
New update
Nice update. App works like a charm. This is an amazing program!frodad1
Outstanding, but...
It’s a great approach. It does require work. There are no magical formulas to learn a language. You need to work at it everyday. This program gives you an excellent tools to accomplish an fairly good language ability in their limited number of languages.
I’ve used them all. This one is excellent.KCSherpa
Fluenz crushes everything else in Mandarin
All the 1 star ratings are from people with problems with the bugs they used to have OVER A YEAR AGO!!!! Horsesh#t. This is 5 star program.
Best money I have spent in recent memory. I am super motivated to learn a lot. I moved to Taiwan for my Lady. I need to assimilate, get a job, make friends etc. I dropped the extra cash on a good program. It was between this and Rosetta Stone... ha! I was so scared that I bought them both! Had a little trouble with Rosetta and was learning way too slow. Neither are easy, cheap or for people that want to learn casually... but Fluenz is absolutely no joke!
It’s hard, well done and really really deep. After you get to about the 10-15 lesson you start to go faster and remember more. The way they make you type it out, the way they make you learn chunks then incorporate them into sentence etc.... it all helps because Chinese is so different than English. Structure, tones everything. But I’m really getting it and people are starting to understand me.
I’m finally past the stage where people stare and say “Ting Bu Dong” (means I don’t understand).
100% thumbs up!!! after last nights dinner I actually had my first conversation with 7 people and they all got most of what I was trying to say. I got home and lost it! I really can make it on this side of the pond! Get it!Show lessSundancesuss
Fantastic curriculum, especially when...
...used in conjunction with the full all audio Pimsleur courses, at least for Spanish, German, French, and Italian. This company has hit all the right check boxes and currently has the best, least confusing, MOST LINEAR (Who else is tired of non-step-by-step courses where you're supposed to figure your own way through all the material?) and logical progression, and the most reasonable push to progress program out there. I've been an avid language learner for 20 years now, and also teach some. THIS is the program that I ALWAYS use if one of their is the one to be learned.
In fact, that's really my only gripe: It's time to expand the courses to (especially) Japanese, Russian, Arabic, etc... MORE MORE MORE Fluenz! Y'all have been way too quiet since the original release. Time to get to work on more content.Show lessJay Lord
Buggy App
I like the Fluenz program a lot and have used it to help learn Spanish. However, this app is not good. I frequently run into issues that make it unable to learn especially when trying to download lessons for offline viewing. When trying to download multiple lessons, the files get corrupted and don't work correctly. Support's answer is to download lessons one at a time but that doesn't address the bug itself. App hasn't been updated in almost a year and needs to be to get it up to date.Show lessMichaelm1317
Error-prone
The app does not download lessons properly, so that sometimes video or audio will stop midway and refuse to play, or hitting the next button on an exercise will not do anything. They work if you stream them, but it defeats the purpose of being able to take the lessons with you on-the-go where you don't have wireless.
Going to the website to check the help section doesn't work because you're directed to a bare bones mobile site with no option to switch to the full site. There's no help option in the app itself.
There's supposed to be comprehension/pronunciation mp3s included with Fluenz - they advertise them in what's included, but good luck finding them. They're not in the app as far as I can see, even though that seems like the most useful place to put them.Show lessLoo35
